Time Warner Cable

To the editor: It's astounding that health insurer Anthem would even hope to win regulatory approval to acquire Cigna. After all, the proposed deal between Comcast and Time Warner Cable unraveled out of concerns that the combined company would control 50% of the broadband market. ("Firms should stop pretending that high-profile mergers will benefit consumers," July 28) Here, it's not consumers' right to stream videos that will be dominated, but individuals' right to affordable health insurance. Surely, a merger that would create the largest health insurer in the country must raise insurmountable antitrust concerns. Not only should we be concerned about the...

Many Maryland fans will have easier access to the Big Ten Network under an agreement reached with Comcast, the network said Wednesday.
Under the deal -- finalized before Maryland enters the Big Ten conference next Tuesday -- Comcast cable subscribers...

The cable company is one entity everyone likes to hate. Perhaps this knee-jerk animosity is to blame for the rush to condemn Comcast's proposed $44 billion merger with Time Warner Cable. Critics complain that combining the nation's two largest cable...

On one side are technologists, preaching that open access to unlimited Internet bandwidth is the bedrock of innovation for a 21st-century economy — and is under threat.
On the other are telecommunications giants that say they are equally committed to...

COLLEGE PARK — Maryland's membership in the Big Ten Conference next season means that all Terps home football games will be televised, according to the Big Ten Network.
Home games will appear on the Big Ten Network, ABC or one of the ESPN networks. The...

Watching the debut this week of Al Jazeera America, I couldn't help but remember reviewing the first week of Erin Burnett's show on CNN in October 2011.
I say this not to rip Burnett again, but because her attitude toward the Occupy Wall Street...

The heart of Al Jazeera America’s prime-time lineup is an attractive one if you are looking for news, context and a fresh visual perspective on U.S. and world events.
At least that’s the way it looked premiere night Tuesday as the Qatar-based channel...

I have been writing a lot about Al Jazeera since the Qatar-based news operation bought Al Gore's wreck of a channel in January to gain access to some 50 million U.S. homes.
When the purchase was made, I'm the guy who wrote: "Why Al Jazeera's...

July 25 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Thursday:** Dell Inc founder Michael Dell raised his $24.4 billion bid by less than 1 percent just hours before it was to be put to a vote, tacking on...

Gilman's season-opening football game against Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio) on Sunday, August 26, will be televised live on ESPNU and streamed live on ESPN3 as part of the third annual ESPN High School Football Kickoff. Game time is 7 p.m. The...

Time Warner Cable is adding more customers as it awaits the government's decision on whether Charter Communications should be allowed to buy it, creating a new cable giant with 24 million subscribers. The New York company on Thursday said it added...

Even as TV watchers increasingly go online, AT&T has become the country's biggest traditional TV provider with its $48.5 billion purchase of DirecTV. It got its regulatory approval Friday from the Federal Communications Commission after more than a...

Even as TV watchers increasingly go online, AT&T has become the country's biggest traditional TV provider with its $48.5 billion purchase of DirecTV. It got its regulatory approval Friday from the Federal Communications Commission after more than a...

Despite a slowdown in subscriber growth, the Internet is still propelling Comcast. The movies and theme parks in its NBCUniversal entertainment unit also bolstered results in the quarter. The country's largest cable company added 180,000 Internet...

The head of the Federal Communications Commission has recommended approving AT&T's $48.5 billion purchase of DirecTV. The deal would create the country's largest provider of cable or satellite TV. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said in a statement Tuesday...

It wasn't a robocall, but a federal judge left a message anyway for companies Tuesday when he awarded nearly $230,000 to a Texas woman, finding that a cable company crossed the line when it harassed her with 153 robocalls even after she complained about...

Not even celebrities are immune to the struggle for a deal between Time Warner Cable -- which carries SportsNet LA, the exclusive channel of the Dodgers -- and other TV providers.
Dodgers games have been blacked out on most cable and satellite...

Charter Communications is buying Time Warner Cable for $55.33 billion, creating one of the largest TV and Internet providers in the U.S.
The deal comes a month after Comcast, the country's largest cable provider and owner of NBCUniversal, walked away...

Charter Communications is near a deal to acquire Time Warner Cable for about $195 a share -- furthering Charter's quest to build one of the nation's largest cable TV and Internet service companies.
The deal, valued at more than $55 billion, is expected...

Floyd Mayweather Jr. might be a bit arrogant, a lot unpopular and the kind of boxer who is a killjoy when it comes to brawling and action-packed fights.
But he remains unbeaten, 48-0, after turning Saturday night's Fight of the Century, with his usual...